The French and Indian War
The Road to War
The Road to War II
Road to War III
Revolution and Peace
100
Ohio Valley near the Great Lakes
What is the area that led to fighting between the French and British?
100
tax on sugar and molasses brought into the colonies from the West Indies. It angered many New England merchants.
What is the Sugar Act?
100
formed after the Stamp Act and they began to tar and feather tax collectors.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
100
gave Britain's East India Company a monopoly on Tea
What is the Tea Act?
100
George Washington attacks mercenaries on Christmas night.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
200
Britain
Who won the French and Indian War?
200
tax on paper products in the colonies
What is the Stamp Act?
200
began to make their own clothing so they wouldn't have to buy British cloth.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
200
December 16, 1773-members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
turning point in the war that convinced France to help us win the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300
Canada, all French lands east of the Mississippi River, and Spanish Florida.
What are the areas that Britain won after winning the French and Indian War?
300
He told the Virginia House of Burgesses that Parliament did not represent the colonies.
Who was Patrick Henry?
300
taxed imports such as glass, tea, paint, and paper.
What are the Townshend Acts?
300
In 1774, representatives in the colonies met to send a petition to the king stating their basic rights as British citizens.
What is the First Continental Congress?
300
helped improve conditions at Valley Forge by training the Continental Army to become a skilled fighting force.
Who was Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben?
400
A statement issued by King George III to stop the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is Proclamation of 1763?
400
In 1765, colonists came together in New York City to protest the Stamp Act and other measures from Great Britain. It showed that colonists could work together as a united group.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
400
March 5, 1770-large crowd in Boston begins to throw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers resulting in the shooting and death of five colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
400
Paul Revere rode to warn colonists that the British were about to take away their weapons. First battles of the Revolution.
What is Lexington and Concord?
400
last major battle of the American Revolution resulting in the surrender of British forces.
What was Yorktown?
500
formed to help the colonists spread information throughout the colonies.
What were the Committees of Correspondence?
500
made an engraving of the Boston Massacre which became an important propaganda tool.
Who was Paul Revere?
500
July 4, 1776
What is the date that the Declaration of Independence was signed?
500
set up a system of government in which Congress had two branches of government. One was based on equal representation of the states (Senate: 2 senators from each state), and one based on population (House of Representatives: bigger states send more, smaller states send less)
What is the Connecticut Plan or the Great Compromise?
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